Process of mounting photographs.



C. W. LAURELL.

PROCESS OF MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS. APPLICATION number. 23. m3.

1,215,170. f Patented Feb. 6,1917.

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PROCESS OF MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-23,1913.

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PROCESS or moummc PHOTOGRAPHS.

APPLICAHON FILED OCT-2311913- 1,215,170. Patented Feb. 6,1917.

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C. W. LAURELL.

PROCESS OF MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS.

APPLICATION FILED car. 23. I913.

Pamnted Feb. 6, 191?.

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CHARLES WILLIAM LAURELL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB O11! ONE-HALF 'IO JULIUS C. STRAUSS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

PROCESS OF MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPHS.

a more pleasing appearance to the eye and one that lies more compactly in a portfolio or the like.

Heretofore it has been customary to print photographs for high class appearance upon large sheets of sensitized paper, the whole oi? each such sheet being of the same material but only the middle part being occuplGCl by the print, and the wide margin around. said print merely washing white when the photograph is developed and being wasted. in this practice, the photographer pays for the chemical treatment or sensitization of a large sheet ofifine quality paper, but uses only the relatively small center where the print is made, the rest being a useless expense. This waste and unnecessary expense is obviated by this new process.

It has, also, been customary to improve the general appearance of photographs by painting borders around same either with an ordinary paint brush or with an air b'll'lSl], but both of these methods have proven to be expensive, the former on account of the large amount of time required, and the latter because of the relatively high cost of air brushes. By this improved method, photographs having colored borders can be produced without the necessity of painting around the photographs and 1n comparatively less time and at a relatlvely lower cost than heretofore.

These results are accomplished by printing the photograph upon a sheet of sensitized paper approximately the same size as the size of the picture, then inlaying the said printed paper after developing the print together with a relatively narrow borderlng sheet or a plurality of bordering sheets of cheaper and non-sensitized paper in a space out or provided within a large sheet of Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed October 23, 1913.

Patented 1 Feb. 6, 1917.

Serial No. 796,976.

sheet and the bordering sht st or sheets surrounding the print may be of different colors or of different shaces of the same color, while the backing sheet may be of the same color as the inlay-receiving sheet or, if desired, of a different color or a different shade of the same color The edges of the print at d, also, the bordering sheet or sheets surrounding same inlaid by this process form natural border lines. When supplemented by a light leadpencil or ink border line surrounding each inlay, or by a plurality of such lines, it is practically, if not entirely, impossible to distinguish by the eye the edge of such an inlaid print from the bor :lering sheet or sheets and the latter form .;he surrounding paper (the print, the borlering sheet or sheets surrounding same ani the paper surrounding said bordering shoet or sheets being preferably of the same thickness) or to tellwhether the print is one made according to the old and wasteful pro cess in which a full-sized sheet of sensitizecf paper receives the imprint [from the neg: .tive or by the herein-described process in which a small sheet of sensitized paper is 1: rinted and then inlaid together with a colored bordering sheet or aplurality of co ored bordering sheets of cheaper paper in a larger sheet of the cheaper paper, and, also, whether the border is one made by the 011 and expensive process of painting same or 1: y this improved process in which a colored bc rder is made by surrounding the print with a sheet or a plurality of sheets of inlaid colo red paper. Said bordering by plain lines (wliich, if desired,-

may be varied with interspersed color or colors) leaves the printborlering sheet orsheets and the surrounding paper flat for portfolio purposes or the like and the print bulging at the center in a pile or portfolio thereof. The article productd by this processis, therefore, compact. Y

In the old practice, bor ers were commonly embossed around the print, resulting I in the bulging or flaring of a portfolio or book containing a plurality of such embossed photographic sheets. Again some photographs would be mounted by pasting the prints upon larger sheets, thereby producing a raised and rough surface, and that mode of mounting produces a particularly bulky, non-compact, and bulging efi'ect.

Because its border-lines are clear and distinct, but not raised, a far more pleasing effect upon the eye is produced than when the photograph is imprinted upon a fullsized chemical sheet or where the photograph is pasted in relief upon a mounting.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a photograph in position upon a sheet of bordering paper preparatory to the trlmming of the photograph and the cutting of an opening in the bordering sheet for the reception of the trimmed photograph;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the first bordering sheet in position upon a larger piece of bordering paper preparatory to the trimming of the first bordermg sheet and the cutting of an opening in the second bordering sheet for the reception of the trimmed first border;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the second bordering sheet in position upon the front sheet of a mount preparatory to the trimming of the second bordering sheet and the cutting of an opening in the front sheet for the reception of the trimmed second border;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the trimmed photograph; I

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the first border;

Fig. 6 is a. perspective view of the second border;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the front sheet of the mount with the opening cut therein for the reception of the trimmed photograph and its borders;

Fig. 8 is a perspective View of the back sheet of the mount;

Fig. 9 is a perspective View of the photograph and its borders inlaid 1n the front sheet and all mounted on the back sheet;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the finished picture in portfolio form; and

Figs. 11, 12, and 13 are perspective news of finished pictures in card-mount form.

This improved process of mounting photographs consists in inlaying the photograph 1 together with a separate border 2 of paper or other suitable material or a plurality of such borders in a mount 3, which is formed of two sheets of paper or other suitable material hereinafter referred to as the front sheet 4 and the back sheet 5. The photograph 1 having been printed on a sheet of sensitized paper that is substantially the same size as the negative (not shown in the drawings) is marked to be trimmed the desired size and shape and is placed facing upwardly in the center or any other desired position upon a sheet 6 of paper of any desired color and larger than the photograph,

as shown in Fig. 1, after which a weight 7 is placed upon the photograph in order to hold the latter in place upon the sheet 6 and to prevent same from slipping out of place while the photograph 1 and the sheet 6 are being out. For convenience in handling the sheet 6 during the cutting operation, same may be attached to a sheet 8 'of cardboard or other suitable material by a paper-clip 9 or a plurality of such paper-clips or other suitable means. By means of a knife and a ruler or other suitable tools (not shown) the photograph 1 is trimmed the desired size and shape by cutting through same and the sheet 6, simultaneously, thereby cutting out the middle part of the latter and leaving a bordering piece 2 with a central opening 10, which conforms exactly to the shape and size of the trimmed photograph. After this cutting operation is completed, the bordering sheet 2 is detached from the cardboard 8. This first bordering piece 2 is then marked to be trimmed the desired size and shape and is placed facing upwardly in the center or any other desired position upon a sheet 11 of paper larger than the first bordering sheet 2, as depicted in Fig. 2, and of either a different shade of the color of the latter or of a different color, after which the first bordering sheet 2 is weighted by any suitable means or held in place in any other suitable manner and then the first bordering sheet 2 is trimmed the desired size and shape by cutting through same and the sheet 11, simultaneously, with the result of cutting out the middle part of the latter and leaving a second bordering piece 2 with a central opening 12, which conforms exactly to the shape and size of the trimmed first border 2. This second bordering piece 2 is then marked to be trimmed the desired size and shape and is placed facing upwardly in the desired position upon the front sheet 4, which is relatively larger than the second bordering piece and is either of a different shade of the same color or of a difierent color, and is weighted by any suitable means or held in place in any other suitable manner, after which the second bordering piece 2 is trimmed the desired size and shape by cutting through same and the sheet 4, simultaneously, so that the opening 13, which is cut in the sheet 4 at the same time the second border 2 is trimmed, will trimmed second border 2 Paste or any other suitable adhesive is preferably applied to the whole. area of one face of the s set 5 conform exactly to the size and shape of the which is substantially the same size and shape as the sheet 4, and, before the adhesive dries, the sheet 4 with the opening 13 cut therein is placed upon the adhesive-covered face of the sheet 5 so that the ends and sides of the sheet 4 are directly above the ends and sides, respectively, of the sheet 5, the largest border 2 is laid facing upwardly within the opening 13 in the sheet 4 so as to rest upon the sheet 5 in the same relative position with respect to the sheet 4 that it occupies while being trimmed upon the latter, the smallest border 2 is, in like manner, laid facing upwardly within the opening 12 in the largest border 2 so as'to rest upon the sheet 5, and the photograph 1 is similarly laid facing upwardly within the opening 10 in the smallest border 2 so as to rest upon the sheet 5. The sheet 5 with the sheet 4, borders 2, and the photograph 1 pasted thereon as just de scribed is then put in a power-press (not shown), by means of which the sheet 4, borders 2, and photograph 1 are pressed closely in contact with the adhesive-covered face of the sheet 5, and are preferably left under pressure in the power-press until the adhesive dries, so as to cause the sheet 3, borders 2, and photograph 1 to adhere securely to the back sheet 5. In this way the sheets 4 and 5 are united to form the mount 3 having the photograph 1 and its surrounding borders 2 inlaid in the opening 13 in the sheet 4 and united securely to the back sheet 5, as depicted in Fig. 9. By inlaying the photograph 1 with its surrounding borders 2 in the mount 3 as just described, the sheet 4 forms a relatively wide border and together with the relatively narrow border 2 (which sheet 4 ad borders 2 may be of diiferent shades of the same color or, if desired, of entirely different colors) improve the general appearance of the ioture, the sheet 5 (which may be either 6 same color as the sheet 4 or of a different shade of the same color or of an entirely different color) reinforcing the photograph and its borders 2 and the sheet 4 and obviating the necessity of using additional mounting. It will be observed that the opening 13 in the sheet 4 is located closer to one end of the latter than the other end thereof so that after the picture is removed from the power-press the mount 3 can be folded to form a portfolio as illustrated in Fig. 10, but it should be understood that, if desired, the opening 13 in the sheet 4 may be located in the center of same or in any other desired position, so that the picture will be ready for use after it is removed from the power-press and the necessity of folding the mount to form a portfolio will be obviated.

It will be evident that by using a sheet 4 and borders 2, each of which has substantially the same thickness as the photograph 1, the latter together with its surrounding borders, when inlaid in the mount 3 as here-' inabove described, will register in the same plane with the sheet l, and the faces of the photograph and borc' ers will be flush with the face of said sheet, this arrangement malting a better looking picture than the ordinary raised picture, z'. 6., a photograph pasted upon a cardboard. The sides and ends of the photograp h 1, first border 2, and second border 2 fit so closely to the sides and ends of the opening l0 of the first border, opening 12 of the sec )nd border, and opening 13 of the sheet 4 that the latter and the borders 2 appear to b 5 part of the paper 011 which the photograpli is printed, thus making it difficult to discern the inlaying. Furthermore, by reason of using unsen'sitized paper to form a border around the photograph and to take the place of the border ordinarily made of sensitized paper, and,

also, of using colored paper to form a border to take the place of the: usual painted border, the cost of producing a mounted photograph with a border around same is reduced to a minimum.

While the photogra' )h 1 and the borders 2 are illustrated in the drawings as being trimmed rectangular, yet it should be understood that they may be trimmed any other desired configur: ,tion.

Furthermore, if d :sired, two or more photographs (not sho WIl) may be inlaid in the opening 10 of the smallest border 2 or two or more photographs with their surrounding borders may be inlaid in separate openings 13 in the sheet 4.

In order to set off the photograph and make the picture more attractive, the border ing pieces of paper 2 a nd the sheet 4 may be supplemented with boj'der lines of any suit able color or colors adacent to the openings 10, 12, and 13 as illusti ated in Fig. 10. Border lines upon the bordering pieces of paper 2 and the sheet 4 make it still more difiicult to discern the inlaying.

While the photograph illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10 has two borders 2 surrounding same, yet it should be understood that the photograph may be st rrounded either with a greater number of Ihese borders or with only one border. Furthermore, if desired, the borders 2 may be omitted entirely and the photograph 1 may be inlaid in the opening 13 in the sheet 4. in which event the photograph. 1 is trimm ad and the opening 13 is cut in the sheet 4, simultaneously, while the photograph rests facing upwardly upon the sheet 4 during the cutting operation, so that the opening 13, W11 ich is cut in the sheet 4 at the same time the pl otograph is trimmed, will conform exactly to the shape and size of the trimmed photograp h. After this cutting operation is completed, the photograph 1 and the sheet 4 are pa ited upon the sheet 5 with the photograph inlaid in the opening 13 in the sheet 4 and then the adhesive is 1 allowed to dry under pressure as hereinabove described, so as to cause the sheet 4 and the photograph. 1 to adhere securely to the back sheet 5, the result being the production of the finished picture as shown in Fig. 11. For the purpose of illustration, the picture as shown in Fig. 11 has the photograph 1 inlaid in a central part of the sheet 4, which makes it unnecessary to fold the mount, yet it should be understood that, if desired, the photograph may be inlaid elsewhere in the sheet 4:, and the mount may be folded to form a portfolio.

Thepicture illustrated in Fig. 11 may be used as it is, but, if desired, it may be placed in a folio, or it may be framed in an ordinary picture frame or a passe-partout frame without the necessity of using matting or additional'mounting. Thus, it will be seen that this method of mounting photographs effects economy in the framing of same.

The sheet 4 may be white or any other desired color and may have any desired shape. Furthermore, a border may be made on the face of the sheet t adjacent to the photograph as illustrated inFig. 12, and, if desired, the border may be colored with any suitable color or colors as depicted in Fig. 18, thereby setting off the photograph and making the picture more attractive and, also, making it difiicult to distinguish the inlaying.

While the several operations in this process are performed by hand, yet it should be understood that one operation or more, or all, may be performed by machinery (not shown) if so desired.

I claim:

The herein-described process of mounting photographs and the like, which consists in placing a photograph on top of a sheet of paper, then trimming the photograph with the trimmed edges thereof parallel and simultaneously cutting into the paper sheet so as to leave an opening in the latter having parallel edges to receive the trimmed photograph, then placing the sheet of paper on a second sheet of paper and trimming the first sheet of paper, simultaneously cutting into the second sheet of paper to leave an opening therein to receive the trimmed first sheet of paper, then placing the second sheet of paper on the front sheet of a mount to one side thereof and trimming the second sheet of paper, simultaneously cutting into the front sheet of the mount to provide an opening therein to receive the trimmed second sheet of paper, then securing the front sheet of the mount, both of the firstand second-named sheets of paper, and the photograph to the back sheet of the mount with an adhesive material, placing the whole in a power press until the adhesive dries under pressure, and then folding both front and back sheets of the mount through the center adjacent one side of the photo raph.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a X my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WILLIAM LAURELL.

Witnesses:

GEORGE G. ANDERSON, WALTER C. Gonna.

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